OHR Press Releases

Senior Deputy High Representative and Head of the Rule of Law Pillar, Bernard Fassier and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Judge Claude Jorda, today opened a technical conference at the level of senior experts. The conference will look at the issues that need to be addressed to allow the effective prosecu [...]

The High Representative and European Union Special Representative (HR/EUSR), Paddy Ashdown, speaking to police officers in Sarajevo this morning, highlighted the EU’s stepped-up engagement with Bosnia and Herzegovina, noting that the EU Police Mission (EUPM) is tangible evidence of the importance the EU places on stability in Southeast Europe and c [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Wednesday issued a Decision extending by six months the requirement that domestic authorities take steps to ensure that all collective centres and transit centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina are used as both alternative and emergency accommodation. Substantial progress has been made on implementing a plan a [...]

The PLIP agencies (OHR, UNHCR, OSCE, CRPC and UNMIBH) wish to announce the Property Law Implementation statistics for November 2002. They note an overall increase of three percent in the property-law implementation rate, which as of the end of November stands at 67 percent throughout the country.

“The start of a New Year brings with it the sense of a new beginning. In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina the onset of 2003 represents a real beginning, because the work undertaken in 2002 to consolidate long-standing reforms and launch new ones should now begin to bear fruit. In 2003 we start down the road that Hungary and Poland and the rest of [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Monday issued a Decision imposing amendments to the Law on Citizenship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The amendments were approved by the BiH House of Representatives on 23 December. The High Representative issued his Decision because the BiH House of Peoples has not yet been constituted and therefore could no [...]

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown together with Council of Ministers Chairman Adnan Terzic traveled on Thursday to Kostajnica, near Konjic, where three members of the Andjelic family were murdered on Christmas Eve.

The High Representative, Paddy Ashdown, on Wednesday expressed his horror at the multiple murder perpetrated in the village of Kostajnica, Konjic Municipality, on Tuesday evening.

The High Representative has today instructed the Provisional Administrator of Hercegovacka Bank, Ms Toby Robinson, to sell the bank and its assets in the interests of the depositors and the local economy.

Andjelko Barun and Jasna Zlomislic representatives of the Croat war veterans' associations today met the Federation BiH Minister for Veterans and Disabled Veterans' Issues Suada Hadzovic and Deputy Minister for Veterans and Disable Veterans Issues Dobrica Jonjic as well as Central Bosnia and West Herzegovina Canton representatives Zdavko Beslic and [...]